From TZ facebook: We are saddened to announce that Collins, our 5-year old male Matschie's Tree Kangaroo, was euthanized on Thursday, November 28. Collins, who lived in the Australasia Pavilion, had been undergoing treatment for a chronic respiratory issue. In order to evaluate his condition, our veterinary staff took Collins to Toronto Veterinary Emergency Hospital for a CT scan. Unfortunately, the tests revealed that his lung condition had significantly deteriorated, and the difficult decision was made to humanely euthanize him. Collins lived at the Toronto Zoo for the past three years and was a valuable member of the Matschie's Tree Kangaroo Species Survival Plan. We recently received a female tree kangaroo, Puzzle, from the Kansas City Zoo and were planning on introducing the pair for breeding. As the Matchie's Tree Kangaroo is an endangered species we were hopeful that Collins and Puzzle would produce a joey in the near future and we are saddened to have lost this opportunity. Collins was well-loved by staff and will be missed by all who worked with him.
Red Pandas Ila and Suva have been together peacefully since 12/11 so hopefully they will breed. Amur Kira finally left for Granby and Mazyria was moved from the Health Centre to the exhibit holdings last week but was not out yet last Wednesday. Grey-Crowned Crane 0.1 has died, leaving 1.0. White-crested Laughing Thrush Megan has died. She was the spunky one who seemed to do just fine although missing a foot. Caribou - another has died, don't know which one.
As 2019 draws to a close here's a recap of the animal changes at the zoo. By no means do I think I have caught everything but a fairly good list of the changes. Births 2 Golden Lion Tamarin - Carrie, July male baby Zebra - Obi 4 red river hogs - Hazel and Ginger, and 2 males Penguin - Matilda 3 Kangaroo - Mr. Partington, 2 unnamed joeys 9 Tur 1 southern ground hornbill, possibly 2 as there are chirps being heard from the nest now. Sacred ibis Black footed ferrets Blandings turtles Eastern Loggerhead shrikes Vancouver Island Marmots. Not a huge year in babies but some long awaited births like the hogs and kangaroo. Deaths Moose - Ashley (tail end of 2018) 3 Cheetah - Mahala, Bomani, Patonga Great Hornbill - Aasha 8 Tur - Coral and unnamed calves Bennett’s Wallaby - Wilbur Red-billed Blue Magpie - Romeo Little Pied cormorant Spider Monkey - Mittens West African Dwarf crocodile - Monty 2 Caribou - Rowan and an unknown 4 Kangaroo - Josie, Bunbury, 2 unnamed joeys 2 Pekin Robins 2 baboons - males Camel - Goober Arctic fox - Orage 1 chuckwalla Tree Kangaroo - Collins Crowned Crane - Strawberry Shortcake 2 Bison - Liz and Kaya Nile Monitor - Righty White-crested Laughing Thrush - Megan Some really sad passings like Monty one of the last originals from 1974, Aasha a long time ambassador animal and Collins a great legacy animal. Notable Departures Cheetah - Queenie to African lion safari, Dougie, Chester and Flash to National Zoo 6 wolves - Claire, Jamie, Murtagh, Dougal, Angus and Rupert to Zoo Sauvage Indian Rhino - Nandu to Safari Niagara Red Panda - Malina and Ralphie to Zoo Sauvage Tree Kangaroo - Nokopo to Kansas City Zoo Clouded Leopard - Levy to Parc Safari Tiger - 2 females of unknown subspecies to somewhere in Texas Crested Seriema - Sara Vancouver Island Marmots - Dora, Diego, Amelia and Darla to Tony Barrett Mt Washington Marmot Recovery Centre White Rhino - Tony to Parc Safari Amur Tiger - Kira to Granby Fortunately a lot of the departures here are make room for new arrivals in the next years or two. Notable arrivals Fiji Banded Iguanas Saki - Cora Octopus - Octavia Ostrich - Princess, Zednick and male Kudu - Maynard from North Carolina American Kestrel - Leonard and Penny Red Panda - Suva and Ila from Winnipeg and Portland Tree Kangaroo - Puzzle from Kansas city zoo Bennett’s Wallaby - 2 males one from Riverview the other from High Park. Lemur - Stewie Mouflon - 2 males and 5 females from St.Edouard Barbary Sheep - 1 male 2 females from St.Edouard Tiger - 2 females of unknown subspecies from St.Edouard Crested Seriema - Nadine Amur Tiger - Mazyria from Granby Many new arrivals will see bundles of joy possibly arriving in awhile. Tomorrow new thread where I'll outline the expected arrivals in the next year and the possible babies that could very well arrive over the next 12 months. Some very exciting changes are coming that I am sure many will be pleased with and I'm not just referring to the walruses.
I missed a few transfers out. Zebra - Leia to San Diego. Przewalski's horse - either Pheonix or Genghis to Granby. It was one of two castrated males. Dudley has to have stayed on as breeding male.
[QUOTE="TZFan, post: 1179712, Przewalski's horse - either Pheonix or Genghis to Granby. It was one of two castrated males. Dudley has to have stayed on as breeding male.[/QUOTE] Przwalski Horses - I was mistakenly informed by volunteers who were mistakenly informed by a circular they get that 1.0 Prz. moved out in October. I passed the info. to TZFan and we deduced that it must have been Genghis so it was included in the post above. Yesterday I learned from a keeper in that area who is very involved with them that no Prz. have gone anywhere, so who knows how that item came about.
